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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This is the problem. Americans are not living “affluent” lives. They may have iphones and Netflix, but they are struggling to make rent and buy groceries. Their credit cards are getting maxed out. And their wages are staying flat, certainly relative to the sharp increase in the price of everything.

See that line? That's some fine affluence. Even if the line is going up a bit.

What you're simply marking as "groceries" is actually a lot of luxuries, from lots of animal products to out of season fruits and vegetables. And don't get me started on eating at restaurants.

Here's the EU in 2021:

I'm from the "winner" country of that chart. Send help. I'm vegan, so I don't waste my money on luxury animal products. I do waste some money on fair trade coffee and dark chocolate.

Your imperial mode of living (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFQfSRZH_o) is ending, one way or another. Trump is 100% not going to help the masses. If you want a preview of Trump's regime in terms of economics, look at Argentina and Milei.

Argentina's poverty rate this year up until March:

September: The poverty rate in Argentina reached 52.9% during the first six months of Javier Milei’s government, the national statistics agency reported on Thursday https://www.dw.com/en/argentinas-poverty-rate-soars-past-50-under-javier-milei/a-70341471

Argentina's food situation:

Two Full-Time Jobs and Nothing to Eat: Argentine Families Adapt to Skyrocketing Food Prices

edit: some nice illustrations from the last link:

This is your future under austerity policies, on average. And that's what Trump's going to bring.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nice to get some perspective on things. "Bidenomics" and "Bidenflation" was/is....not that.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most Americans aren't even familiar with the idea that vegetables can be out of season. They have a handful of things that they know how to cook and they cook the same things regardless of season, barbecues and that sort notwithstanding.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least they know about pumpkin season. Honestly, I was shocked to learn that pumpkin spice doesn't contain pumpkin.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's probably because of the seasonal pumpkin candles, and seasonal pumpkin carving.